Our mission is to create a culture of advocacy and improve the education of children and youth
with disabilities through awareness, support and training.

We believe that cooperative and collaborative efforts between district staff and parents
will ultimately result in the best use of financial and human resources to meet the
student’s unique needs.

On September 15, NEACCY will present the first ever Wrightslaw Special Education
and Advocacy conference for parents, teachers, administrators, attorneys and support
staff, in Nevada. This program has been provided in cities across the nation such as
New York City, Houston, Toledo, Fort Lauderdale, and Tucson but never in Nevada. For more information:

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We believe that when parents and school staff engage in cooperative and collaborative
efforts that the student with a disability has a far greater chance of reaching their
dreams of independent living, gainful employment and post-secondary education.

Why NEACCY?

Because in December of 2015, the Las Vegas Sun reported that
Nevada’s high-school graduation rates were the third worst in the nation. In January of
2016, Nevada fell to last place, falling from 46th place to 51st in education. An April
2016 article published in the District Administration stated that

“Nevada students with
disabilities graduated from high school at half the rate of their non-disabled peers.”

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Nevada Educational Advocacy Center for Children & Youth – Programs

Educational conferences: The organization is committed to hosting at least one full educational conference annually on topics related to special education services, trends and related topics. The 2015 Wrightslaw Conference is the first time a conference of this magnitude has been offered in Nevada.

Training Workshops: During these free workshops local and regional experts in special educationwill provide a 1 -2 hour presentation. Focused on reaching parents and youth, the workshops are designed to provide an educational presentation, encourage group discussion and networking.

Our workshops are essential to providing direct parent training throughout the state. Whether we travel to rural areas or provide video or phone conferencing, our expectation is that as we train parents in the more remote areas of the state. In turn, these parents will share their knowledge with others in their community thereby building capacity. We are believe that our strategy will allow for easy dissemination of information and work toward uniting advocacy efforts within the state.

Advocacy Consulting Services: These are direct consulting services available to families on a sliding fee scale or pay for fee service. This is the most needed program because Nevada lacks any real capacity to provide Educational Advocates for families. There are few professional advocates in the state. Low-income families usually go without advocates, which places them at a distinct disadvantage when working with the school district.

Website based advocacy news center: As the agency’s communication center it will provide information on all of NEACCY’s programming, and conferences, training nationwide, resources and tools, and a blog. Look for current news, trends in special education from local, regional, state and national resources. Our website is vital to uniting parents in the state.

Disclaimer: Nevada Educational Advocacy Center for Children & Youth is working diligently under our current capacity to ensure all aspects of our services are accessible to the fullest extent of our knowledge and resources.